Press Release

Big-time fights are back in Fort Worth, and they return in an all-new and explosive format. The inaugural event from International Freestyle Fighting (IFF), set to occur on May 6, 2006, at Will Rogers Coliseum, brings exciting mixed martial arts action to town! Featuring the best fighters from Texas matched against top competition from around the country, the card is headlined by Fort Worth resident and internationally renowned mixed martial arts star Travis Lutter.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) - a combination of boxing, wrestling, muay thai, judo, jiu jitsu and other combat disciplines - is no doubt the fastest-growing sport in the world, already watched by millions live and on pay-per-view. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) promotion, which is currently the premier MMA organization in the United States, stages the majority of its events in Las Vegas and is now the most popular attraction on cable television channel Spike TV.

Now, with the announcement of the first IFF event, Texas fight fans can experience the hard-hitting excitement of the very best MMA has to offer, LIVE, for the first time!

IFF's show on May 6 brings together a wealth of talent from many different fighting styles and several countries. In the main event of the
evening, Lutter, a veteran of the UFC and a black belt in the fighting art Brazilian jiu jitsu, is set to take on Cedric "Spider Man" Marks, of Bremerton, Washington. In addition to his world class groundskills, Lutter brings devastating one-punch knockout power to the
ring, best demonstrated in his astonishing and brutal victory over kickboxer Marvin Eastman (an MMA, UFC and K-1 star in his own right) at UFC 50. Marks, meanwhile, is a dangerous fighter no matter who his opponent is or where the action ends up, having his wins divided equally between knockouts and submissions.

In addition to Marks and Lutter, the card features fellow UFC veterans Pete Spratt and Gerald "The Finishing Machine" Strebendt, two fighters consistently ranked amongst the best at their respective weights.

Spratt - a four-time UFC veteran and one of the most popular fighters in the sport of MMA - is best known for his lethal striking style,
displayed to devastating effect when his kicks dismantled heavily-favored Pat Miletich student "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler at UFC 42. Spratt is known asone of the most exciting fighters in any combat sport and is no doubt ready to deliver another electrifying performance when he steps into the ring on May 6th.

Strebendt, who UFC commentator and grappling innovator Eddie Bravo calls Strebendt his "top student", is set to face Dallas resident Shervin Alavi at the first IFF event. Alavi, a kickboxer and Brazilian jiu jitsu specialist, has enjoyed success in smaller Texas events but faces a different breed of fighter in Strebendt. Best known for choking out Jean "The White Bear" Silva - a veteran of the world's biggest MMA event, Pride Fighting Championships - Strebendt attacks his opponents with incessant and lightning-fast submission holds which few fighters can withstand. Alavi will be looking to make a name for himself by defeating the highly-regarded UFC veteran, while "The Finishing Machine" will be looking to live up to his nickname by dispatching another opponent in quick and
exciting fashion.

Tickets are on sale and available online at

http://www.centralticketoffice.com/ or through the IFF website at
http://www.iffighting.com by clicking on the "Get Tickets!" link.